Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Several artists have publicly announced they have sent in a song to the UMK 2012. First of them was glamour celebrity showgirl Martina Aitolehti , followed by designer singerwannabe Teuvo Loman , popstar turned tabloid celebrity Tauski , 1980's teenage popstar Anja Niskanen , 1990's Eurodance act Movetron and heavyrockers Korpiklaani . I wouldn't be surprised if none of them made the cut. Most likely to do so is propably Korpiklaani while Martina might be included for the PR and visibility she would give the contest in media. The one I hope will make it is Anja Niskanen ... But then we haven't heard the songs and who knows what kind of surprises we have in store? Next Monday we will know!

YLE has decided to extend the submission time with 24 hours for Uuden musiikin kilpailu aka UMK, the new format that will replace the good old Euroviisut. The original submission ended today at 4pm. All this because there seems to have been some technical problems with the submission this week. Now we can only wait and hear if the previous record of submitted songs (503 in 2005) will be broken? As for the artists entering we know Kakskaks and Korpiklaani have sent in a song. Martina Aitolehti has widely talked about her song for the contest and Tauski also has said he has sent in a song.